Whirlwind Weekend

We ventured down to Columbus this weekend to catch up with family and friends and had a blast!

Friday night we arrived at Grammy's, had a nice dinner, relaxed, played with bubbles and ate watermelon.

Saturday we woke up, had breakfast and headed over to Easton to the Cheesecake factory to eat lunch with some of our favorite people (Tancredi's & Santell's) and to shop a bit. After this...naps all around back at Grammy's!

That night we drove over to our old neighborhood for a cookout with our neighbors. The kids had a blast playing in the backyard, jumping on the trampoline and running around the playroom. They all played so well and were up way past their bed time! We saw our old house...it was kind of strange. We felt like we should be able to just walk right in, but if we did that...we would have probably been arrested. I was sort of sad...doesn't look like they've been running the sprinklers...and no flowers. I hope they take care of it...that house was good to Doug and I:-) Lots of awesome memories!

Sunday we woke up, relaxed, Uncle Bobby came over and we picked up Windchimes (our favorite Chinese) for lunch.

All around a great weekend with some of our favorite people!

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